About 80 percent of the foreign tourists visiting Mustang are Indian tourists.
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More than 700,000 tourists have reached Mustang in the 11 months of the current fiscal year 2082/83 via the Beni-Jomsom road via Raghuganga and Annapurna rural municipalities in the northern part of Myagdi.
According to the statistics of the Border Police Post in Ghansa, Mustang, which borders Myagdi, 755,754 domestic and foreign tourists have entered Mustang from Shrawan to Jestha of the current fiscal year. This number is the same as in the 12 months of the last fiscal year.
The police have been keeping records of tourists entering Mustang via vehicles at Ghansa, the only checkpoint connecting Mustang to the national highway, via the Beni-Jomsom road.
Police Inspector Santosh Basyal of the District Police Office informed that 460,924 domestic and 244,830 foreign tourists entered Mustang via 151,160 vehicles in the 11 months. According to him, the highest number of foreign tourists entering Mustang in 27,488 vehicles, 90,939 and domestic tourists, 40,838, entered the city in the last month of Jestha.
Due to the Indian government's policy to save dollars, the number of Indian tourists visiting Pokhara, Mustang and other places has increased in the summer. Mustang was the choice of Nepali tourists in the third week of Jestha, which was a public holiday for four consecutive days. Due to the number of tourists, hotels in Beni, Galeshwor, Tatopani, and Dana on the Beni-Jomsom road are often full. The number of people visiting Mustang increases during the beginning of the rainy season, which is the time of Baisakh-Jestha.
Police Inspector Basyal said that about 80 percent of the number of foreign tourists entering Mustang are Indian tourists. In the last fiscal year, 75,779 tourists visited Mustang.
Indian and Nepali tourists come to Mustang to visit the holy religious pilgrimage site Muktinath Temple located in Waragung Muktikshetra Rural Municipality-1. In addition, tourists come to Mustang to perform Shraddha and Tarpan at Kagbeni Dham, and to observe Korala Naka and Lomanthang. Due to its unique geography, biodiversity, ancient art and culture, lifestyle, Himalayan beauty and special originality, Mustang has become increasingly attractive to tourists.
